All through the first half of December one heavy snow storm had followed another.The roads about Stockbridge were often blocked for days together.…Cited from The Duke of Stockbridge, by Edward Bellamy

The two Mi-8s, both manned by Soviet Air Force crews, were called in to provide support for the Cuban battalion.On their arrival they came under heavy anti-aircraft ground fire.One was shot down; it crashed and burst into flames, killing the Soviet crew.…

Four months later, on Christmas Day, Major Jerry Allan Sellers was killed when his O-2 was shot down during a night mission in which he saved a ground patrol from being overrun by illuminating ground targets with his landing lights so that gunships could direct accurate fire at the enemy.His lights drew heavy anti-aircraft fire, and he was shot down.…

American popular culture and fashion also have a heavy influence.Most of the country's media is made up of major United States networks.…

Black Sabbath has sold over 70 million records worldwide, including a RIAA-certified 15 million in the US.They are one of the most influential heavy metal bands of all time.…

They also reported feeling heavier and being more likely to think about their weight.The effects of perfectionism, BMI, internalization of the thin ideal, and pre-existing ED symptomatology as moderators of negative affect were comparable to chance, suggesting that pro-ana websites can affect a broad spectrum of individuals, not simply those with ED characteristics.…

This sector generally takes the output of the primary sector and manufactures finished goods or where they are suitable for use by other businesses, for export, or sale to domestic consumers.This sector is often divided into light industry and heavy industry.Many of these industries consume large quantities of energy and require factories and machinery to convert the raw materials into goods and products.…

In addition, there are ferries from Rosslare and Cork to France.The vast majority of heavy goods trade is done by sea.Northern Irish ports handle 10 megatonnes (Mt) of goods trade with Britain annually, while ports in the south handle 7.6 Mt, representing 50% and 40% respectively of total trade by weight.…

During Operation Overlord, two serials of aircraft, one of 45 and the other of 36 from the 439th TCG were dispatched late in the evening of 5 June to drop the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment during the first hour of the invasion behind Utah Beach.Difficult weather conditions and heavy anti-aircraft fire were encountered and three aircraft failed to return.A reinforcement mission with gliders was flown on the following day, with 50 C-47s towing 30 Horsa and 20 CG-4 Wacos.…

Although passengers rarely have cause to refer to either document, all travel is subject to the National Rail Conditions of Carriage and all tickets are valid subject to the rules set out in a number of so-called technical manuals, which are centrally produced for the network.Below are the total number of passengers using heavy rail transport in Britain.The numbers are calculated from September to August.…

The following week, the Ravens were scheduled to face the Chicago Bears.The game was delayed for two hours due to a heavy storm.The Ravens would, however, fall to the Bears 20-23 in overtime.…

The latter two were very heavy vehicles and were built only in small quantities.Battalions of assault guns, usually StuG IIIs, commonly replaced the intended panzer battalion in the German panzergrenadier divisions due to the chronic shortage of tanks, and were sometimes used as makeshifts even in the panzer divisions.…

After eight months of heavy fighting, the troops were withdrawn around the end of the year.The campaign was one of the greatest Ottoman victories during the war and is considered a major Allied failure.…

It has since declined owing to the loss of most of the heavy industry.Welsh was the language of the pre-industrial population of Aberdare and of the majority of those who migrated there in the early nineteenth century.…

This assault was directed along much the same route as the previous heavy cavalry attacks.It was halted by a charge of the Household Brigade cavalry led by Uxbridge.…

Iraq came under heavy international pressure to end the war.Resolution 598 became effective on 8 August 1988, ending all combat operations between the two countries.…

He also requested without success laborers, additional explosives, radios, and signal equipment.He was promised a heavy anti-aircraft battalion, but it never arrived.…

A hydraulic motor is one that derives its power from a pressurized fluid.This type of engine can be used to move heavy loads or produce motion.In the case of sound levels, engine operation is of greatest impact with respect to mobile sources such as automobiles and trucks.…

Under the cover of darkness that night the bulk of his motorized and armoured forces drove south to skirt the left flank of the British, coming up and attacking to the north the following morning.Throughout the day a running armour battle occurred, where both sides took heavy losses.The attempted encirclement of the Gazala position failed and the Germans lost a third of their medium tanks.…

adjectiveOf the military or industry; using (or being) the heaviest and most powerful armaments or weapons or equipment→
heavy artillery,
heavy infantry,
a heavy cruiser,
heavy guns,
heavy industry involves large-scale production of basic products (such as steel) used by other industries

adjectiveMarked by great psychological weight; weighted down especially with sadness or troubles or weariness→
a heavy heart,
a heavy schedule,
heavy news,
a heavy silence,
heavy eyelids

adjectiveOf great intensity or power or force→
a heavy blow,
the fighting was heavy,
heavy seas

adjective(physics, chemistry) being or containing an isotope with greater than average atomic mass or weight→
heavy hydrogen,
heavy water

adverbSlowly as if burdened by much weight→
time hung heavy on their hands